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To the American palate natural sugars taste like sour lemons. The rest of the world goes crazy for sultanas or raisins in things because they are such a sweet little surprise. To Americans raised on a steady diet of factory brewed high fructose corn syrup, they seem to offend and overwhelm their senses.

I hear so much raisin hate on American podcasts etc. I’ll never understand it.

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I’m from Europe and I don’t like raisins. 🤷‍♂️

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You’re not far wrong, but the corollary is it’s really hard to avoid unless you’re fairly nutrition aware. After moving away I lost several kilo in a year by accident. Eating normal food and living someplace walkable does a lot.

ed: typo

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Even the pastry in the meme is a “pain au raisin” which they’ve just put… icing sugar on top of 🤢

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Lol that’s absurd hahaha People have different palletes and culture and socioeconomic history. To just slash out us little Americans for a quick jab is ignorant at best. Everyone loves fruit in America. Everyone on earth loves fruit. Put that pet theory to rest.

For what it’s worth, I love raisins in bread, cereal, salads and cookie and I’m American as they come.

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